The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.

before her death that her gold watch be
buried with her. The wish was garfield out,
and within a week The grave was opened in
the night aud the watch stolen.
There are cities in Asia the date of
whose origin Is not actually known, but it is
known they are older than Rome or any
other city IN Europe. Jerusalem and He
bron IN Palestine and Damascus in Syria are
all many centuries older than Rome.
William Andrews. a resident of Cald
well county, Y. C., asks TIE press of that
section TO help bin catch David Knight. a
Babtist minister. who, he SAYS, has deserted
his wife and twelve children, and eloped
with Mrs. Martha Andrews, his mother-in-
law, who has two husbands living.
A Cumberland county farmer says that,
be has a. last found remedy for Canada
thistles. The gen.leman's experiment has
proven successful and is very simple. 1t is
to cut the stalks down low to the ground
and cover them with sawdust, which in a
short time will completely destroy the
plant.
"A series of revival meetings in Franklin
county, Ark, has been broken mp by big
panther that has taken to prowling in the
neighbOrhood after dark. What put an en-
tire stop to the good work was the finding of
a mans shoe near one of the brute's haunts
and a piece of a shirt hanging in the fork of
a neighbOring tree.
Rev. Alfred Beddington, a Baptist mis-
sionary, was fatally shot on Thursday by one
Glassmore at his house. on the line between
the Chickasaw and ChOctaw Nations in the
Indian Territory. BeddiuQton and Glass
more had served in the Confederate army
together, and were fast friends until a short
time ago, when Beddington's attentions to
GlassmOre's daughter caused trouble.
-Grsvenhurst, Ont, is practically in
ashes. y fire broke out at / O'Clock last
Friday, and, aided by strong north wind,
swept down Main street, destroying every
thing in its path. Not a business place Is
left standing. Nine blocks are completely
cleared OF buildings. The loss is about
$50. 600, with little Insurance. Very few
goods were saved and no provisions remain
for the homeless people.
In color the FiftIeth Congress will be a
little mixed. as it will contain White
Brown and Gray. AS to temper and dispo-
si:ion, there will be a great variety, as one
| member is Gay, another Bland, another
Crisp aud another Wise. In the matter of
provisions it will be we'll off, for it will have
Oats, Rice, Bacon, Hogg and Berry. to say
nothing OF very large Cobb. One member
is long and another is Hale
An AmeIicus, Ga, widower indited a
tender epistle to his lady love at Lumkin.
At the same time he wrote an order for
q bill of lumber, which was intended to
have been sent to a saw mill man at Ander-
sonville. In his hurry he got the letters ad-
! dressed wrong, and the Lumkin lady re-
ceived al order for a bill of lumber, willis
the saw mill man received p perfumed billet:
doux, the contents OF which he enjoyed
hugely.
/ Yellowstone park. or. as Il has been
| aptly designated, the New American Won
/ derland, is located in the northwestern
corner OF Wyoming territory. 1t measures
/ 1915 square miles. Its attractions are too
numerous TO mention, but among them are
many great geysers, thousands Of hot
/ springs, myriads of magnificent waterfalls,
lakes, canyons, mud volcanoes, high noun
| tains vast forests and very great variety
of game 1t includes the headwaters of
many large rivers. For size and resources
! it may be regarded as considerable park.
The prejudice of our foTefathers against
| the Hessians or foreign mercenaries who
were sent to this country by the English
/ government to subdue the colonies was so
! great that these troops have since always
4 been spoken Of with contempt. They were
/ really regarded among the best soldiers N
/ Europe. The contract of England with the
/ Landgrave OF Hesse called for q, 700 men,
besides "three corps of artillery" the latter
| probably numbering a few hundred gun
ners in all. But the Landgrave practiced
the grossest frauds. receiving pay for the
| full number, counting incomplete battaIlons,
| deserters, the dead, etc. In addition to the
| HessIans, England employed 5,723 Bruins
| wickerS in the revolutionary war.
a negro named Henry Taylor killed an
other negro on the Tallahatchee Rivera bout
/ two months ago, At that time an attempt
was made by colored Masons TO lynch him.
/ but they were prevented. Since then both
| Taylor and his wife have disappeared. One
/ day last week a body was found in the
/ river, which proved to be that of Tayiur, and
| the impression is that colored Masons made
| away with Goth him and ais wife. GeOr ge
| Evans, who was hanged at Greenwood,
| Miss. on July % by negro mob was sup
/ posed have been lynched by colored Masons
| because he had killed one OF their lumber.
| The feeling is getting 10 be strong that the
! colored Masons take an oath in their secret
organizations to avenge the death of q
| brother Mason.
Father Albiuo Magno, who has just
died at the monastery of the Order Of Pas
| sionists, at West Hoboken, Y. J., was the
/ most prominent member of the Order OF
/ Passioulsts in the United States. Born al
| Naples in 1916, he early inclined to a -elig-
| ious life. When - years of age he was re-
| garded as one of the greatest pulpit orators
In Italy. With Father Anthony, of Italy,
and Father Stanislaus, of Germany, he came
to this country in 1852. They were the first
Passionist fathers who trod upon the soil OF
! the new country. They began to work al
once, and soon the novitiate and monastery
of st. Paul Of the Cross was built at Pitts
| burg. He afterward founded a mum.
ber Of other monasteries, For a mum
Der of years his home has been the Passion
ist monastery at West Hoboken, but hi:
time was occupied with missions throughout
the Uuuited States and Canada.
The conclusion that the gypsies wander
! ed forth from India Is now almost universal
| ly accepted, but when OF from what part o